To have succeeded in life

I got this from a post of a friend, I read, re-read and re-read it again. Such happens to me when I chanced upon very meaningful stuff. Just like how I would remain in my seat and ponder when the credits of a meaningful movie starts rolling.

Anyway it's by someone by the name of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), an American essayist, poet.

• To laugh often and much;
• To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
• To earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
• To appreciate beauty;
• To find the best in others;
• To give of one's self;
• To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
• To have played and laugh with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;
• To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
• this is to have succeeded.

Being in the recruitment industry, the sentence in brown(or maroon) hold special significance for me. That the decision(to go into recruitment) and contribution have invariably helped someone to lead a better life, to breath easier.

And it serves as a good reminder too since I'm in this for 3 years already. Things got stale sometimes but when I start counting how many people may be living a better life because of ua, everything seems to make sense again...